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Electrical properties of proteinoids for unconventional computing architectures (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mougkogiannis, P., & Adamatzky, A. (2023). Electrical properties of proteinoids for unconventional computing architectures. In NANOARCH '23: Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1145/3611315.3633264

Proteinoids are peptide-like molecules that arise from the combination of amino acids in pre-biotic environments. Recent studies have revealed distinctive electrical characteristics of proteinoids, such as the presence of voltage-gated ion channels,... Read More about Electrical properties of proteinoids for unconventional computing architectures.

Thermal comfort study in MSMEs in Cairo using onsite measurements and optimization algorithm (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Lila, A., Sharmin, T., Khalil, A., Ismaeel, W. S., Karram, M., Ewida, S., …Ammar, H. M. (2023). Thermal comfort study in MSMEs in Cairo using onsite measurements and optimization algorithm. In Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA (1579-1586). https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2023.1374

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the hot climates in Egypt face many challenges with increased heat stress, reduced labour productivity and adverse occupational health effects often leading to work injuries and heat stroke. This study inv... Read More about Thermal comfort study in MSMEs in Cairo using onsite measurements and optimization algorithm.

A building classification system for multi-hazard risk assessment of historical religious buildings (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Del Carlo, F., Caprili, S., Ferreira, T. M., Roca, P., & Uzielli, M. (2023). A building classification system for multi-hazard risk assessment of historical religious buildings. In M. Papadrakakis, & M. Fragiadakis (Eds.), A building classification system for multi-hazard risk assessment of historical religious buildings Proceedings - Volume 2 (2741-2751)

UnReinforced Masonry (URM) religious buildings have proven to require special attention in the context of natural hazards risk assessment due to their high vulnerability - connected to aging and types of construction ' and to their strong links with... Read More about A building classification system for multi-hazard risk assessment of historical religious buildings.

Introducing the concept of repurposing robots; to increase their useful life, reduce waste, and improve sustainability in the robotics industry (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mcgloin, H., Studley, M., Mawle, R., & Winfield, A. (2023). Introducing the concept of repurposing robots; to increase their useful life, reduce waste, and improve sustainability in the robotics industry. In R. W. de Bruin, M. O. Tokhi, L. Belder, M. I. A. Ferreira, N. S. Govindarajulu, & M. F. Silva (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.13180/icres.2023.17-18.07.007

Based on current definitions of electronic waste, the robotics industry faces a future where products created for both business and consumer markets could be required to meet regulations to manage the control of electronic products at the end of thei... Read More about Introducing the concept of repurposing robots; to increase their useful life, reduce waste, and improve sustainability in the robotics industry.

Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry? (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aderibigbe, A., Umeokafor, N., & Umar, T. (2023). Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry?. In A. Tutesigensi, & C. J. Neilson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual ARCOM Conference (14-23)

Adversarialism within the UK construction industry fosters poor payment practices. Thus, stakeholders down the supply chain consistently suffer cashflow issues which can cause insolvencies. This study consisted of a critical review of literature and... Read More about Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry?.

Digital technology in engineering design teaching (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Valentine, R., & Matthews, J. (2023). Digital technology in engineering design teaching. In DS 123: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2023) (73-78). https://doi.org/10.35199/epde.2023.13

Digital technology is widely used in engineering design teaching, enabling students to create parametric models of their solutions and data files for computer-aided manufacture (CAM). However, the digital industry is predicted to grow significantly t... Read More about Digital technology in engineering design teaching.

Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2023). Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site. In R. Kilian, S. Saba, & C. Gietz (Eds.), EEHB 2022 Post Prints. The 4th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings (219-227)

Carbon emissions from the built environment must be urgently reduced to mitigate climate change. Retrofit of existing buildings is key. However, heritage buildings pose a particular challenge, particularly domestic buildings where retrofit is mainly... Read More about Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site.

Post-Occupancy study of indoor air quality in university laboratories during the pandemic (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Adzic, F., Mustafa, M., Wild, O., Cheung, H. Y. W., & Malki-Epshtein, L. (2023). Post-Occupancy study of indoor air quality in university laboratories during the pandemic. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate (Indoor Air 2022) (1-8)

This post-occupancy study aims to assess the indoor air quality (IAQ) and ventilation performance in workshops and laboratories of a UK university during the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply airflow rates and CO2 were monitored as a proxy for evaluating ven... Read More about Post-Occupancy study of indoor air quality in university laboratories during the pandemic.

Scope and arbitration in machine learning clinical EEG classification (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Zhu, Y., Canham, L., & Western, D. (2023). Scope and arbitration in machine learning clinical EEG classification. In 2023 IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB). https://doi.org/10.1109/SPMB59478.2023.10372635

A key task in clinical EEG interpretation is to classify a recording or session as normal or abnormal. In machine learning approaches to this task, recordings are typically divided into shorter windows for practical reasons, and these windows inherit... Read More about Scope and arbitration in machine learning clinical EEG classification.

The robotic socket: A robotic design and biomimetic application of an auto-adjusting prosthetic socket prototype for above-knee amputees (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Rose, M., Carnochan, O., Gamlin, R., Tomlinson, L., Jafari, A., & Etoundi, A. (2023). The robotic socket: A robotic design and biomimetic application of an auto-adjusting prosthetic socket prototype for above-knee amputees. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO). https://doi.org/10.1109/robio58561.2023.10354965

Comfort in prosthetic sockets remains a significant challenge for many amputees, particularly for above-knee amputees bearing substantial weight on their soft tissue [1], [2]. The predominant source of discomfort often originates from swelling of the... Read More about The robotic socket: A robotic design and biomimetic application of an auto-adjusting prosthetic socket prototype for above-knee amputees.

Unsettling in Norrland (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Carless, T. (2023). Unsettling in Norrland. In 8TH SOPHIA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Book of Abstracts

Short abstract from conference proceedings of the 8th Sophia International Conference Landscapes of care, photography, film, Modern Architecture and Landscape Heritage

Towards net-zero community through blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading among multiple building blocks (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Luo, X. (in press). Towards net-zero community through blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading among multiple building blocks.

In the UK, most commercial and domestic buildings still rely on utility companies and centralised energy systems for satisfying heating and electrical energy demands. These centralised energy systems often have high computational burdens and adverse... Read More about Towards net-zero community through blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading among multiple building blocks.

A decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration: Model transferability (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Sobhani, M., Smith, J., Pipe, A., & Peer, A. (2023). A decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration: Model transferability. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1 (719-726). https://doi.org/10.5220/0012210600003543

In this paper, we aim to demonstrate the potential for wider-ranging capabilities and ease of transferability of our recently developed decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration. To this end, a somewhat related but different applicat... Read More about A decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration: Model transferability.

Vision detection for early signs of DD lesions and lameness within dairy cattle (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Shahbaz, A., Zhang, W., & Smith, M. (in press). Vision detection for early signs of DD lesions and lameness within dairy cattle.

Digital dermatitis stands as a primary cause of lameness in dairy cows, significantly impacting various facets of productivity. This paper proposes a two-stage vision system aimed at early detection of digital dermatitis (DD) lesions, ultimately prev... Read More about Vision detection for early signs of DD lesions and lameness within dairy cattle.

Feedback stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems using nonlinear normal form (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Lou, Z., Li, R., Zhu, Q., & Xu, Y. (2023). Feedback stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems using nonlinear normal form. In 2023 35th Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC) (3211-3215). https://doi.org/10.1109/ccdc58219.2023.10327300

This paper investigates the design of a feedback controller via nonlinear normal form for a class of nonlinear systems. A general second-order nonlinear system affine in control is firstly presented. In general, it is more difficult to construct a no... Read More about Feedback stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems using nonlinear normal form.

Development and evaluation of a mobile app to support reading education (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mthethwa, L. C., & Matthews, P. (2023). Development and evaluation of a mobile app to support reading education. In AfriCHI '23: Proceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference (58-63). https://doi.org/10.1145/3628096.3628751

We report on the design, development and evaluation of an app to support teachers in the teaching of reading at primary level. The app was developed with two main features: book levelling, where a book photograph, OCR and a simple machine learning mo... Read More about Development and evaluation of a mobile app to support reading education.

Real-time livestock activity monitoring via fine-tuned faster R-CNN for multiclass cattle behaviour detection (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Ahmad, M., Zhang, W., Smith, M., Brilot, B., & Bell, M. (2023). Real-time livestock activity monitoring via fine-tuned faster R-CNN for multiclass cattle behaviour detection. In 2023 IEEE 14th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/uemcon59035.2023.10316066

Automated cattle activity detection plays a pivotal role in modern livestock management, significantly impacting animal welfare and operational efficiency. This paper introduces an automated approach for cattle activity detection using advanced deep... Read More about Real-time livestock activity monitoring via fine-tuned faster R-CNN for multiclass cattle behaviour detection.

Improving search space analysis of fuzzing mutators using cryptographic structures (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Chafjiri, S. B., Legg, P., Tsompanas, M., & Hong, J. (in press). Improving search space analysis of fuzzing mutators using cryptographic structures. In Lecture Notes in Network Security

This paper introduces a novel approach to enhance the performance of software fuzzing mutator tools, by leveraging cryptographic structures known as substitution-permutation networks and Feistel networks. By integrating these structures into the exis... Read More about Improving search space analysis of fuzzing mutators using cryptographic structures.

MechTac: A multifunctional tendon-linked optical tactile sensor for in/out-the-field-of-view perception with deep learning (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Lu, Z., Yue, T., Zhao, Z., Si, W., Wang, N., & Yang, C. (2023). MechTac: A multifunctional tendon-linked optical tactile sensor for in/out-the-field-of-view perception with deep learning. In IECON 2023- 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon51785.2023.10311762

Tactile sensors can be used for motion detection and object perception in robot manipulation. The contact detection within the camera's visual inspection area has been well-developed, but perception outside the field of view of the camera is overlook... Read More about MechTac: A multifunctional tendon-linked optical tactile sensor for in/out-the-field-of-view perception with deep learning.